Gender Masculine
Pronounced Pron. RAWS(English)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

From a Scottish and English surname that originally indicated a person from a place called Ross (such as the region of Ross in northern Scotland), derived from Gaelic ros meaning "promontory, headland". A famous bearer of the surname was Sir James Clark Ross (1800-1862), an Antarctic explorer.

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Entry updated June 13, 2019